Download or read book Explorer s Guide Finger Lakes 5th Edition Explorer s Complete written by Katharine Delavan Dyson and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive guidebook dedicated to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this updated, revised edition is packed with all the information you need to know Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is one of the most serene and beautiful vacation spots in America. From the region's breathtaking glacial lakes and spectacular gorges to its quaint villages and world-class wineries, this area has charms aplenty, and this trusted guide will help you explore all it has to offer. Katharine Delavan Dyson spent more than a year driving around each lake, stopping for countless interviews with residents and businesspeople. This full-color guide contains more than 100 photos, detailed maps, and info on attractions, events, shopping, history, recreation, and more. Take a cruise on the Erie Canal, bring the family to local farms and farmers' markets, play a few holes on the area's many golf courses, or hike the miles and miles of majestic trails. Broken down lake by lake and featuring sections on gateway cities, transportation, important phone numbers, and services, Explorer's Guide Finger Lakes will help you get the most out of your trip.
Download or read book Explorer s Guide Finger Lakes written by Katharine Delavan Dyson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive guidebook dedicated to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this updated, revised edition is packed with all the information you need to know Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is one of the most serene and beautiful vacation spots in America. From the region's breathtaking glacial lakes and spectacular gorges to its quaint villages and world-class wineries, this area has charms aplenty, and this trusted guide will help you explore all it has to offer. Katharine Delavan Dyson spent more than a year driving around each lake, stopping for countless interviews with residents and businesspeople. This full-color guide contains more than 100 photos, detailed maps, and info on attractions, events, shopping, history, recreation, and more. Take a cruise on the Erie Canal, bring the family to local farms and farmers' markets, play a few holes on the area's many golf courses, or hike the miles and miles of majestic trails. Broken down lake by lake and featuring sections on gateway cities, transportation, important phone numbers, and services, Explorer's Guide Finger Lakes will help you get the most out of your trip.
Download or read book Explorer s Guide Finger Lakes A Great Destination Fourth Edition written by Katharine Delavan Dyson and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive guidebook dedicated to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this updated, revised edition is packed with all the information you need to know. The author spent over a year driving around each lake, stopping for countless interviews with residents and businesspeople. The guide, now in full color, contains more than 100 photos, detailed maps, and info on attractions, events, shopping, history, recreation, and more. Includes lake-by-lake chapters, a section on gateway cities, transportation, important phone numbers, and services.
Download or read book Explorer s Guide Finger Lakes A Great Destination Fourth Edition Explorer s Great Destinations written by Katharine Delavan Dyson and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive guidebook dedicated to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this updated, revised edition is packed with all the information you need to know. The author spent over a year driving around each lake, stopping for countless interviews with residents and businesspeople. The guide, now in full color, contains more than 100 photos, detailed maps, and info on attractions, events, shopping, history, recreation, and more. Includes lake-by-lake chapters, a section on gateway cities, transportation, important phone numbers, and services.
Download or read book Western New York Explorers Guide Second Edition written by Christine A Smyczynski and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and most comprehensive guide to the region. Here travelers will find Niagara Falls. And nearby, the Erie Canal ends its 300-mile trip as it empties into Lake Erie near Tonawanda. The "famous five" stair step locks that carried the canal over the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport are still preserved near the Erie Canal Museum. In Rochester, museums, cafés, and shopping abound. This book is the first comprehensive guide to this vast cultural, historic and natural destination. This guide also includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cottages, and campgrounds; hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside diners to four-star cuisine; up-to-date regional and downtown information; an alphabetical “What's Where” subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out places of extra value, family- and pet-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, and popular wedding venues.
Download or read book Eccentric Finger Lakes written by Michael Turback and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eccentric Finger Lakes is an armchair travel guide of sorts to the odd, the offbeat, the hidden and mysterious, and the just plain unexpected in New York's Finger Lakes region. The author explores often overlooked stories and treasures, bizarre legends and best-kept secrets. The book is filled with curious characters -- religious zealots, mediums, daredevils, explorers, suffragettes, inventors, benefactors, artists and writers, winemakers and chefs, bootleggers, and scoundrels - a ready-to-explore trail of knowledge about Finger Lakes history and culture you won't want to miss. Whether you follow it straight through, or pick out individual stories as the mood strikes, you're in for captivating reading.
Download or read book Summer in a Glass written by Evan Dawson and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Yorks Finger Lakes is home to the countrys fastest-growing wine region, and each year millions of tourists spill into the tasting rooms of its wineries. Filled with fun and likable characters, Summer in a Glass brings this burgeoning area to life and captures its exciting diversity--from its immigrant German winemakers to its young, technically trained connoisseurs, from classic Rieslings to up-and-coming Cabernet Francs.
Download or read book Western New York Explorers Guide Second Edition written by Christine A Smyczynski and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and most comprehensive guide to the region. Here travelers will find Niagara Falls. And nearby, the Erie Canal ends its 300-mile trip as it empties into Lake Erie near Tonawanda. The "famous five" stair step locks that carried the canal over the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport are still preserved near the Erie Canal Museum. In Rochester, museums, cafés, and shopping abound. This book is the first comprehensive guide to this vast cultural, historic and natural destination. This guide also includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cottages, and campgrounds; hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside diners to four-star cuisine; up-to-date regional and downtown information; an alphabetical “What's Where” subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out places of extra value, family- and pet-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, and popular wedding venues.
Download or read book The Finger Lakes Book written by Katharine Delavan Dyson and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new edition to the premiere guide to this cultural and natural gem of upstate New York.
Download or read book Explorers Guide Adirondacks Seventh Edition written by Annie Stoltie and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated travel guide to the Adirondacks that includes listings of accommodations and restaurants, tourist sites, entertainment and shopping, and special events, along with maps and a history of the region.
Download or read book Chesapeake Bay Explorer s Guide written by Dr. David Malmquist and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for its beauty and bounty, the Chesapeake Bay stretches nearly 200 miles from the mouth of the Susquehanna River to the ocean capes of the Atlantic, its tidal waters enriching the vibrant coastal communities of both Maryland and Virginia. Chesapeake Bay Explorer’s Guide is the perfect reference for visitors who want to know more about the things they see in their visit to the famous estuary, whether they are relaxing on a beach, paddling through a saltmarsh, or watching workboats duck beneath a drawbridge. Explore more than 14,415 miles of shoreline, myriad hiking trails, and scores of wildlife preserves nestled between resort towns and other attractions. This guide provides a concise history of how the Bay was formed, and brief entries with full-color images and easy-to-read descriptions of the flora, fauna, and man-made artifacts found in and around the Bay.
Download or read book The Atlas Obscura Explorer s Guide for the World s Most Adventurous Kid written by Dylan Thuras and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller! The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is a thrilling expedition to 100 of the most surprising, mysterious, and weird-but-true places on earth. For curious kids, this is the chance to embark on the journey of a lifetime—and see how faraway countries have more in common than you might expect! Hopscotch from country to country in a chain of connecting attractions: Explore Mexico’s glittering cave of crystals, then visit the world’s largest cave in Vietnam. Peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then learn how Antarctica’s Blood Falls got their mysterious color. Or see mysterious mummies in Japan and France, then majestic ice caves in both Argentina and Austria. As you climb mountains, zip-line over forests, and dive into oceans, this book is your passport to a world of hidden wonders, illuminated by gorgeous art.
Download or read book Atlas Obscura written by Joshua Foer and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders—the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer.
Download or read book Five Star Trails Finger Lakes and Central New York written by Tim Starmer and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Finger Lakes and Central New York are not known for rugged mountains and their panoramic vistas which are so commonly sought in the Adirondacks to the north. They hardly could be - the area was scoured clean by glaciers millennia ago. But don't let that fool you, the region is full of natural wonders of its own. Instead of mountains and ridges, the region is known for rolling drumlins, an abundance of scenic gorges, quiet woodlands, beautiful waterfalls and picturesque lakes. Trails included inFive-Star Trails: Finger Lakes and Central New York by Tim Starmer feature a broad mixture of these landscapes and were carefully selected to give the most varied but also rewarding experience when picking a trail. Each trail has been thoroughly researched, recently hiked and includes a detailed description, trail profiles and map. At a glance ratings in important categories such as Scenery, Trail Condition, Difficulty, Solitude and appropriateness for children let you quickly select a trail that fits your tastes and ability. Other useful information such as fees, restrictions for dogs on the trail as well as advice on when to visit offers you the best information so you can plan your trip with ease.
Download or read book Finger Lakes Falls written by Scott A. Ensminger and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With Finger Lakes Falls you will be able to visit over 70 waterfalls found in the heartland of New York State. This handy guidebook provides you with maps and directions on how to easily reach these sparkling jewels. Over 65 color photographs make this guide a unique reference for the waterfall seeker"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Explorer s Guide Salt Lake City Park City Provo Utah s High Country Resorts A Great Destination Second Edition Explorer s Great Destinations written by Christine Balaz and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the most comprehensive guide to the area, full of spectacular scenery and ripe for outdoor adventure. In this definitive guide to Utah’s Wasatch Region, entertainment abounds, from the ski slopes of Park City to the theaters of Salt Lake. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Rockies’ impressive peaks, this region offers the perfect pairing of outdoor escapes and urban options—with convenience, accessibility, and affordability.
Download or read book Backroads Byways of Upstate New York First Edition Backroads Byways written by Christine A. Smyczynski and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remarkable tours along the great mountains and rivers of the Empire State From Niagara Falls to the Hudson River Valley, New York state is home to some of the nation’s most astounding natural wonders. In this all-new first edition of Backroads & Byways of Upstate New York, you’ll get a curated list of the twenty best drives, detours, and trips across the state. Experience everything from New York’s famous fine dining and bar scene, to charming little-known shops and boutiques, to sites of fascinating local history and culture. As with any other Backroads & Byways title, this book is designed to help you explore the region like a native. All the suggested drives include recommendations for lodging, dining, shopping, and more. You’ll also find detailed yet easy-to-read maps and beautiful color photography. With this trusty, brand-new first edition, you’re ready to discover a new side of upstate New York.
